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They don’t want to pay to upkeep a dev portal for phones they no longer make? They’re probably laying off all the people who would maintain such a thing.
by wincy 5y ago
They don’t want to pay to upkeep a dev portal for phones they no longer make? They’re probably laying off all the people who would maintain such a thing.
- heavyset_go 5y agoThe solution to this is to open source the unlocking backend, or give the assets to a foundation that can maintain it.
- laurent92 5y agoThe problem is recruitment, which capable engineer would agree to maintain a dead system?
- josteink 5y agoIf they open source it, that’s no longer their problem, and the community can pick it up if/when there is a need.
- heavyset_go 5y agoThere are plenty of developers and hobbyists that would, take a look at XDA Developers. Hell, there are people still maintaining Maemo and Palm/HP Pre-era webOS despite the hardware and platforms being dead for nearly a decade.